Co-Sponsors: UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy
UIC American Migrations Project
UIC Learning Sciences Research Institute

Interactive maps and the U.S. Census have a lot to contribute to classroom
conversations about history and society, both in local communities and
nationally. These powerful tools can be used for teaching a variety of topics, course subjects, and content areas that deal with populations, demographics,
and economics. UIC’s American Migrations Project is a resource to support
instructors and students in using these interactive maps to study African
American and Latino migrations that have shaped American history.
Examples of curriculum resources and teaching ideas will be shared in these two sessions, so if you can't make it to one, hopefully you can make it to the other!

Topics will include:

How to use online U.S. census maps to foster discussions in your classroom

How to contextualize migration histories and policy discussions with maps and data